1. SylabUZ
2. Faculty of Humanities
3. winter term 2024/2025
4. WH - oferta ERASMUS / Philosophy - Second-cycle Erasmus programme
5. Philosophy of Childhood

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Philosophy of Childhood - course description

Aim of the course

The aim of the course is to familiarize the student with historical and contemporary attempts at a philosophical approach to the problem of childhood. The students will get acquainted with various ways of understanding the term "philosophy of childhood", they will learn the most important research in the field of metaphilosophy, ontology, epistomology, ethics and philosophy of education regarding the issues of the child and childhood.

Prerequisites

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Scope

1. Introduction to the Childhood Studies

Historical approaches to childhood (Ph. Aries)

Sociocultural approaches to childhood (M. Mead)

Psychological approaches to childhood (J. Piaget. L. Vygotsky, L. Kohlberg, A. Gopnik)

2. Childhood as philosophical problem – G.Mathews

3. Child as philosopher

Philosophy for Children (P4C) – M. Lipman

Philosophy with Children – G. Mathews

4. Philosophy of Family – J. Juul

5. Philosophy of Schooling – K. Robinson

Teaching methods

lecture
conversation
reading

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description	Outcome symbols	Methods of verification	The class form

Assignment conditions

1. Student contribution to the preparation of the essay on a given subject;
2. Activity during discussion (evaluation during discussion);
3. Knowledge of the assigned reading (evaluation during meetings).

Recommended reading

Ph. Aries, Centuries of Childhood, Random House, New York 1962

A. Gopnik, The Philosophical Baby: What Children's Minds Tell Us About Truth, Love, and the Meaning of Life, Farrar Straus and Giroux, New York 2009

J. Haynes, Children as Philosophers, Routledge, New York-London  2008

J. Juul, Your competent child, Farrar Straus and Giroux, New York 2011

D. Kassem, L. Murphy, E. Taylor, Key Issues in Childhood and Youth Studies, Routledge, New York-London  2010

M.J. Kehily (ed.), An Introduction to Childhood Studies, Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2009

M. Lipman, Philosophy in the Classroom, Temple University Press, Philadelfia 1980

G. Mathews, The Philosophy of Childhood, Harvard University Press, Cambridge 1994

M. Mead, Culture and Commitment: A Study of the Generation Gap, Natural History Press, New York 1970

J. Piaget, Children's Philosophies, in: C. Murchison (ed.), A Handbook of Child Psychology, Clark University Press, Worcester 1933

Further reading

P. Alderson, Childhoods Real and Imagined, Routledge, New York 2013

C.Ph. Hwang (ed.), Images of Childhood, Psychology Press, New York – London 2014

A. James, A. Prout (ed.), Constructing and Reconstructing Childhood, Routledge, New York 2015

W. Kohan, Childhood, Education and Philosophy, Routledge, New York 2015

B. Mayall (ed.), Children’s Childhoods: Observed and Experienced, The Falmer Pres, London 2003

J. Paris, Myths of Childhood, Brunner/Muzzel, Philadeliia 2000

J. L. Zorando, Inventing the Child. Culture, Ideology and The Story of Childhood, Garland Publishing, New York – London 2001

Notes

Modified by dr Paweł Walczak, prof. UZ (last modification: 10-12-2024 13:18)